Justin Sipher

Justin Sipher is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore College, a small residential liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs NY. As the top information technology executive Justin is responsible for facilitating strategic leadership for the Information Technology division which includes all aspects of institutional computing services, voice/video/data networking, multimedia services, and telephony. Justin has been at Skidmore since February 2005.

Prior to Skidmore Justin spent eleven years at the State University of New York College at Potsdam. While at SUNY Potsdam Justin served in a variety of IT position including desktop computing support, network administrator, systems administrator and for the last four years leading their technology organization and serving as their defacto CIO. Through his tenure at SUNY Potsdam Justin was active in SUNY-wide IT initiatives including the SUNY Technology Conference, COA (Computing Officers Association), and the SUNY Council of CIO's.

Justin is currently the faculty Director of the EDUCAUSE Management Institute and is a member of the Microsoft Higher Education Advisory Group (HEAG). Justin has served on the Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) Board of Directors and Program Committee, the 2007 EDUCAUSE National Conference Program Committee, and co-host of the NY State Conference for Higher Education CIO's. Justin holds a BA in Mathematics and an MS Ed in Instructional Technology from SUNY Potsdam and also is a 2001 Frye Leadership Institute fellow.